diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index c941d3a2b30cdf370d9162b046f7eceaf3473cc1..2090b78231a24d6e36e08e83144e84088a33a4d8 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -368,8 +368,10 @@ void _tl_restart(struct drbd_tconn *tconn, enum drbd_req_event what)
 			req = list_entry(le, struct drbd_request, tl_requests);
 			rv = _req_mod(req, what);
 
-			n_writes += (rv & MR_WRITE) >> MR_WRITE_SHIFT;
-			n_reads  += (rv & MR_READ) >> MR_READ_SHIFT;
+			if (rv & MR_WRITE)
+				n_writes++;
+			if (rv & MR_READ)
+				n_reads++;
 		}
 		tmp = b->next;
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.h b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.h
index f6aff150addb77014974904196596e68f9858e30..68f54050b7ca4459411f85f5820eec66e49dce29 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.h
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.h
@@ -235,10 +235,8 @@ enum drbd_req_state_bits {
 
 /* For waking up the frozen transfer log mod_req() has to return if the request
    should be counted in the epoch object*/
-#define MR_WRITE_SHIFT 0
-#define MR_WRITE       (1 << MR_WRITE_SHIFT)
-#define MR_READ_SHIFT  1
-#define MR_READ        (1 << MR_READ_SHIFT)
+#define MR_WRITE       1
+#define MR_READ        2
 
 static inline void drbd_req_make_private_bio(struct drbd_request *req, struct bio *bio_src)
 {